Mixed trends for unemployment in Galway city and county

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Unemployment in Galway is showing different trends in several areas. Overall there was an increase of 211 on the Live Register for Galway in the month of May, compared to April, bringing the figure to 19 thousand 865 out of work. This is despite some areas of the county showing a drop in unemployment. The biggest increase in unemployment last month was in the city, where 308 more people signed on the Live Register. The unemployment figure for the city is now just over 10 thousand. Tuam also saw a slight increase in its jobless figure last month, with an extra 35 people signing on. There are now just over 3 thousand people out of work in Tuam. However bucking this trend were Ballinasloe, Clifden, Gort and Loughrea. In Clifden 46 people came off the Live Register leaving just over a thousand people without jobs. In Gort, 34 people came off the Live Register in May, leaving its jobless figure at just over 13 hundred. Ballinasloe saw a decrease of 30 in its unemployment figure last month, leaving it at just over 2 thousand 250. The area that saw the smallest decrease in unemployment last month was Loughrea, where 22 people came off the Live Register. Loughrea's unemployment figure now stands at just over 2 thousand 100. Overall there are 19 thousand 865 people out of work in Galway, a decrease of almost 10 percent on the same period last year.